Chapter 43: Séance?
In the underwater caverns, at the entrance of the underground town, you can see that on the left, center, and right sides of the town, there are three towering, ornate buildings. Actually, they are only four or five stories high, but because the town is basically full of bungalows, they are particularly conspicuous.
After determining the direction, the destination is the tower on the right.
After entering the town, everyone always felt a sense of peeping, which made everyone feel very uncomfortable.
The town has a retro style, like a medieval European town, except for the three high-rise buildings in the center, the rest are small bungalows where the people live. Chen Long and they also entered the small house, and found that the small house was basically the same, nothing special, probably, if you want to find something, you must get it in the high-rise building.
It took about three hours to reach the tower because of the search of several houses on the way, and if Laporte hadn't been a little annoyed in the end and stopped Chen Long from continuing the search, the time would have taken even more.
When everyone arrived near the tower, Chen Long suddenly stopped and asked everyone to be on alert. It turned out that the lock on the tower had been violently opened, as if someone had already entered it first.
Laporte walked first, as if he didn't care, and said:
"It should be Chris's gang that came first, even if not, don't be afraid with my strength, I'll take the lead. ”
With that, he tore open the lock and went in.
The others looked at Chen Long, and after Chen Long nodded, he followed in. Weng Tianyang patted Chen Long on the shoulder when he passed by. Chen Long didn't care, and instead crouched down to check the rusty lock on the ground.
The pattern on the lock is actually very exquisite, and it is engraved with a tentacled god hidden in the darkness. The keyhole is different from a regular lock, which is an irregular quadrangular keyhole.
Chen Long dropped the lock and entered the tower with Lu Lingyu, who was the last to enter.
The inside of the tower is very large, not as small as it looks from the outside, there are no stairs inside the tower, only a small platform, on top of which stands a half-human height pillar, there is nothing on the pillar, it looks like there should be a statue of Cthulhu on the pillar but someone has taken it.
The walls of the tower are painted with colorful murals, and if you look closely, the murals are painted with irregular quadrilaterals like keyholes, and the four corners of the quadrangle are depicted with four kinds of buildings, three of which are three towering buildings, and the other is an ordinary little bungalow.
In the center of the quadrilateral, there is a circular altar with a small figure holding a statue of Cthulhu, and the surrounding buildings glow with a soft white light, and then the god appears.
After Chen Long finished reading the mural, he was thoughtful. Laporte, on the other hand, was a little resentful that he had not gained anything, pushed open the door, and said:
"Let's go straight to the building on the far left, pick up the pace, and get there before Chris, or we'll get nothing. ”
After saying that, he took the lead and left. The rest followed, but Chen Long's eyes gleamed and he stared at Laporte's back.
On the premise of moving at high speed without stopping along the way, it still took four hours for everyone to reach the temple on the far left.
Although the interior of the temple is similar to that of the tower, this time there is a statue of Cthulhu on the pillar in the middle.
Seeing that he had finally gained something, Laporte excitedly stepped forward and picked up the statue of Cthulhu on the pillar.
Chen Long was unimpressed by the statue of Cthulhu, he looked at the mural on the wall, which was roughly the same as the inside of the tower, the only difference was that the quadrangular shape on the temple wall was symmetrical with the four sides of the tower, while the building painted on the four corners remained the same.
Chen Long walked over to Laporte and sat down, looked at Laporte, and did not speak.
Laporte was a little flustered by his constant staring, and asked:
"What are you looking at?"
"Tell me the truth, have you been through all of this?"
"What are you talking about? How is that possible?"
Chen Long stood up, lifted Laporte's collar, and roared:
"I don't care why you don't tell the truth, I advise you to hurry up, or everyone will die. ”
Laporte looked at the angry Chen Long, and the people around him were a little surprised except for Weng Tianyang, who was a little calm.
Laporte sighed, removed Chen Long's hand, and straightened his clothes. Strictly speaking, Chen Long couldn't kill Laporte at all, and being able to pull the collar was just a sign of extreme anger.
"What did you find?"
"Remember when you were a little angry at us searching houses? Although it seems that you were impatient because we searched several houses and found nothing, but being able to sit in your position today means that you will not be emotionally disturbed by these little things, on the contrary, you will continue to search because of caution. You're acting like you're in a hurry. And the performance inside and outside the tower is more similar. Moreover, you actually think that Chris and his party arrived first based on your feelings, in case there is a monster, even if it is not your opponent, but in this strange cave, injuries may be the culprit of your death. The most interesting thing is that in the initial conversation, you did not have the slightest interest in our purpose. As he spoke, the corners of Chen Long's mouth drew a strange arc.
"Didn't I tell you before?"
When Laporte heard this, he sat down and replied indifferently:
"I did go through it. It's like a circle, from the beginning to the end, and then one step further, and then back to the beginning.
In the last reincarnation, it seemed that you had a complete memory, and in the original cave, you pulled me to choose the path on the right-hand side, and we did go straight to the bottom of the high platform. We didn't stop long, you dragged me to the tower as if you were in a hurry, grabbed the statue and went straight to the central church.
We were in a hurry, never stopping in between, until after taking the tower and the church statues, we met Weng Tianyang and his party in the temple. It was as if they had explored from the left first, and by the time we met, it had already taken us eight hours.
At that time, you were babbling and muttering something in your mouth.
We were concerned about your condition, but when we grabbed you, you shouted, 'I don't have time, I don't have time!' and pushed me away. Next, you handed me the three Cthulhu statues in your hand and asked me to rush to the altar in the middle of the town within four hours, holding the statues in the center of the altar. Then you take the others and head southeast.
To be honest, I suspected you were crazy, which is why I didn't dare tell you about my experience in the first place.
To be honest, if I were to go full speed, I would be at the altar in less than half an hour, but I had been struggling with whether to go or not. Still, I chose to listen to you and arrived at the altar within four hours.
By the time I got to the altar, there was still about half an hour before the four-hour deadline. In the center of the altar, Chris with a statue had been waiting there for a long time, and I looked at him with some surprise, and he also looked at me with a strange expression.
We talked about the experience after we came down, and the middle road they chose was the second high platform, and after coming down, they also went to the high platform and then went to the church, but they were all preempted, and I hid and told him that it was because you had a convulsion that they were disappointed.
After that we talked about what we didn't do, and he told me that he had come here to be guided by the church frescoes, until it was almost the four-hour deadline. While we were talking and laughing, Chris suddenly burst out and wanted to snatch the statue in my hand, I was a little surprised, but because I was wary of your previous chattering appearance, I felt that something bad might happen here after I came here, and I was also a little wary of other things, so the statue in my hand was not snatched by him.
Just when I was confused, five beams of light appeared around me and went straight into the sky. I recognized the location of three of them, probably the high platform on the right, the church in front and the temple on the left, and the other two beams did not know where they came from, and after that, the beams spread at a very fast speed, first devouring Chris next to me, and then the Cthulhu statue in my hand emitted bursts of green light, I felt a little dizzy, collapsed to the ground, and when I opened my eyes, I went back to the original starting point, and you seem to have no memory, I dare not say more. Looking back now, it feels like you kept your memories from the last reincarnation. ”
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Chen Long asked:
"Do you remember what the church murals looked like?"
"It's like a tower and a temple, but instead of a quadrilateral, it's a straight line that connects the church, the altar, and a golden statue of Cthulhu. ”
Chen Long thought for a moment and said:
"This should be some kind of formation, with a five-pointed star as the base, and the altar in the center is the eye of the formation. ”
"So, what is the formation?" Laporte asked.
Chen Long smiled evilly, and Laporte was furious when he saw it.
"The last time I was reincarnated, I actually wanted to séance. ”
Hearing Chen Long say this, the others couldn't help but take a step back.
"It's okay, I'm in good spirits right now. Probably because of the memory reset. Now, according to the mural, after collecting the Cthulhu statue, you can summon the god by standing on the altar, but when two people have a Cthulhu statue standing on the altar at the same time, the memory of the Cthulhu statue remains unchanged, and the reincarnation resets. According to Laporte, I personally think there may be a hidden rule, the more times you keep your memory, the more you will be affected by the whispers of the old gods, and the purpose will be for séance. So, in the midst of this fight, I should be out. Finally, Chris also knows about the séance ritual, and is still séance without the support of the memory of the last reincarnation, which may be related to Leon, and the above is all my guess. As for the way to break the game, you may have to look for clues in the next two houses. ”